Current: Associate Professor, American History at St. Andrews Presbyterian College

Work: St. Andrews Presbyterian College, Associate Professor, American History (2002-2013) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, GA, RA (1995-1999)

Education: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign PhD, American History (United States) (1995-2000) University of North Carolina at Greensboro Master's degree, American History (United States) (1993-1995)

Abstract: A vehicle for transporting a payload over a surface that may be irregular and may include stairs. The vehicle has a support for supporting the payload and a ground contacting element movable with respect to a local axis, where the local axis can be moved with respect to some seco...

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for distributing Transport Control Protocol (TCP) connections to a specific data processing system in a cluster of data processing systems by establishing a TCP connection between a client and a first data processing sys...

Abstract: A server issues an enhanced accept and receive call to a client computer. The enhanced accept and receive call requires the server to subsequently receive a block of data from the client computer in order to establish a session connection between the client computer and a server ...

Methods, systems and computer program products for source address selection

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products provide for establishing a connection originated by an application executing on a data processing system in a cluster of data processing systems. A dynamic network address is associated with the application at the data processing sys...

Abstract: Secure communications are provided over a network in a distributed workload environment having target hosts which are accessed through a distribution processor by a common network address. Secure communications are provided by routing both inbound and outbound communications with...

Abstract: A user input for controlling acceleration of a vehicle. The user input has a movable member capable of deflection by a user such that a degree of deflection corresponds to a specified velocity commanded by the user. The correspondence between the degree of deflection and the spec...

Simplified rotating shelf apparatus

United States Patent

Inventor

Appl. No.

Assignee

#5374117Dec 20, 1994

Filed: Dec 28, 1992

Martin R. Herr (New Holland, PA)David L. Herr (Ephrata, PA)

7/997011

International Classification:

A47B 9700

U.S. Classification:

312238

Abstract: The apparatus is an apparatus for rotating a "lazy susan" shelf inside a cabinet. The apparatus uses a cam action to move the door back toward the axis and away from the cabinet edges as rotation begins upon opening, at the same time releasing a detent on the rotational motion...

Rotating shelf apparatus

United States Patent

Inventor

Appl. No.

Assignee

#5169220Dec 8, 1992

Filed: Dec 10, 1991

Martin R. Herr (New Holland, PA)David L. Herr (Ephrata, PA)

7/804421

International Classification:

A47F 310

U.S. Classification:

312305

Abstract: Rotating "lazy susan" shelf hardware for the interior of a cabinet. The apparatus uses a cam action to move the door back toward the axis and way from the cabinet edges as rotation begins upon opening, at the same time releasing a detent on the rotational motion of the shelves...

Abstract: A system for managing communications to add a first Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) link between a TCP server and a TCP client, where the first RDMA link references first remote memory buffer (RMB) and a second RMB, and further based on a first remote direct memory access netw...

Abstract: A method for managing communications to add a first Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) link between a TCP server and a TCP client, where the first RDMA link references first remote memory buffer (RMB) and a second RMB, and further based on a first remote direct memory access netw...

Macaulay Library Curator Greg Budney shares a close encounter he had with a Common Nighthawk as it called and produced sizzling wing sounds just over his head. Learn more about the Common Nighthawk on All About birds: www.allaboutbirds.org Audio recordings by David S. Herr. Photographs by Doug Backl...